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The rise of artificially intelligent trading machines and the looming threat to wall street, and more on. Other readers will always be interested in your opinion of the books youve read. Dark pools by scott patterson penguin random house audio. Dark pools is an accomplishment that must be praised for shedding light on a difficult topic to visualize. Thats what the book enpdfd dark pools scott patterson will give for every reader to read. However, their lack of transparency makes them vulnerable to potential conflicts of. Scott patterson is a financial journalist for the wall street journal, bestknown for writing the 2010 new york bestseller the quants, and the 2012 followup dark pools in episode 27 of. The rise of ai trading machines and the looming threat to. The book expands on the quants to show how the rise. Far more comprehensive and persuasive than even michael lewis flashboys. It was released on february 2, 2010 by crown business. Patterson s methodically researched book exposes the core problems in.
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Indeed, ill go so far as to say that it is even better skip to content. Dark pools is a pageturning, fascinating account of how computerized algorithmic highfrequency trading hft and electronic platforms evolved, took over financial markets and turned the nyse floor into a mere puppetshow for tv. How a new breed of math whizzes conquered wall street and nearly destroyed it in new york journal of books. Theory and practice introduction what are dark pools. Scott patterson is an american financial journalist and bestselling author. Highspeed traders, ai bandits, and the threat to the global financial system, by scott patterson. Today the dark swimming pools are swarming with killer robots as well. Under finra s new transparency initiative, the public will now be able to see the total shares traded each week by security in each ats or dark pool. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read dark pools.
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